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[Marc Dietrich <marvin24@xxxxxx>]

Am Mittwoch, 1. Mai 2013, 10:42:21 schrieb Jeff Lane:
> On 05/01/2013 09:43 AM, Jeff Lane wrote:
> > Sigh, so it appears to work now... oddly, I pulled the 0423.1 image the
> > first time, and that's the one that failed (that's the one that /current
> > points to".
> > 
> > I pulled it again, verified MD5SUMs, and again verified MD5SUM once I
> > transferred the tarball to a usb stick.
> > 
> > Re-flashed and This time I have a GUI running.  I don't know what the
> > difference was... the MD5SUM was actually verified both times I
> > attempted to install this version, but the first time left me with no GUI.
> > 
> > Oh well :) thanks for replying oli! There must have been a disturbance
> > in the Force the first time.
> 
> Hrmmm... interesting.  So as I said, this time, I was able to completely
> install, get a login and a desktop.  Let it sit a bit because I had
> other things to look into, at the screen just blanked and that's it, no
> more desktop :(
> 
> BUT, if I switch to a different VT then back to VT7, it comes back.  So
> perhaps there's a problem with the screen blanking.  Looking at the
> Screen Saver settings, the default is "Blank Screen" and if I blank the
> screen manually from there (File/"Blank Screen Now") I am able to
> un-blank by moving the pointer a bit.
> 
> So I knocked the blank time down and waited to see what happens when it
> blanks on timer.  This time I was able to un-blank it by mouse again.
> At this point, I have no idea whats going on here... but at least it's
> working.
> 
> On to ogra's other point, I'd be happy to test images for you, just, if
> you could, remind me about it.  I meant to do more testing this last
> time for Raring, but honestly, I had other things going on and didn't
> think about it until after the fact.  So just poke me when you need
> stuff tested for the AC100 and I'll help you out as much as I can :)

I think what Oli refers to is someone to test and *fix* problems, followed by 
submitting patches to the relevant packages.

Marc